World Table Tennis Rankings (Up-to-date 2021 December)

Up-to-date table tennis world ranking according to ITTF and WTT for women and men. The ranking is updated on November 2021.

Who are the best players in the world?

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Current WTT Men’s World Table Tennis Ranking

Rank	Up/ Down	YOB	Player's name	Country	Rating
1		1997	Fan Zhendong	China China	12494
2		1988	Ma Long	China China	12212
3		1990	Xu Xin	China China	10356
4	+1	1996	Calderano Hugo	Brazil Brazil	8964
5	-1	2003	Harimoto Tomokazu	Japan Japan	8709
6		2001	Lin Yun-Ju	Taiwan Taiwan	8375
7		1995	Lin Gaoyuan	China China	8209
8		1988	Ovtcharov Dimitrij	Germany Germany	8024
9		1996	Liang Jingkun	China China	7523
10		1991	Falck Mattias	Sweden Sweden	7361
11		1981	Boll Timo	Germany Germany	7086
12		1995	Jang Woojin	South Korea South Korea	6731
13		1992	Jeoung Youngsik	South Korea South Korea	6485
14		1992	Franziska Patrick	Germany Germany	6347
15		1993	Pitchford Liam	England England	6295
16		2000	Wang Chuqin	China China	6221
17		1988	Aruna Quadri	Nigeria Nigeria	6063
18		1994	Gauzy Simon	France France	5888
19		1994	Niwa Koki	Japan Japan	5841
20		1990	Lee Sangsu	South Korea South Korea	5742
21		1991	Wong Chun Ting	Hong Kong Hong Kong	5592
22		1989	Mizutani Jun	Japan Japan	5482
23		1998	Jorgic Darko	Slovenia Slovenia	5207
24		1988	Freitas Marcos	Portugal Portugal	4852
25		1981	Chuang Chih-Yuan	Taiwan Taiwan	4793
26		1997	Zhao Zihao	China China	4650
27		1979	Gardos Robert	Austria Austria	4563
28		1991	Karlsson Kristian	Sweden Sweden	4339
29		1991	Assar Omar	Egypt Egypt	4267
30		1982	Achanta Sharath Kamal	India India	4189
31		2000	Jha Kanak	USA USA	4181
32		1976	Samsonov Vladimir	Belarus Belarus	4175
33		1992	Groth Jonathan	Denmark Denmark	4123
34		1996	Pucar Tomislav	Croatia Croatia	4020
35		1994	Wang Yang	Slovakia Slovakia	3952
36		1988	Filus Ruwen	Germany Germany	3903
37		1993	Gnanasekaran Sathiyan	India India	3903
38		1985	Tsuboi Gustavo	Brazil Brazil	3835
39		1988	Lebesson Emmanuel	France France	3774
40		2001	Uda Yukiya	Japan Japan	3716
41		1996	Gerassimenko Kirill	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	3701
42		1986	Persson Jon	Sweden Sweden	3609
43		1999	An Jaehyun	South Korea South Korea	3578
44		1997	Kallberg Anton	Sweden Sweden	3569
45		1994	Duda Benedikt	Germany Germany	3557
46		1986	Habesohn Daniel	Austria Austria	3489
47		1996	Qiu Dang	Germany Germany	3366
48		1986	Gacina Andrej	Croatia Croatia	3311
49		1993	Jin Takuya	Japan Japan	3284
50		1979	Saleh Ahmed	Egypt Egypt	3214
51		1995	Morizono Masataka	Japan Japan	3161
52		1980	Gionis Panagiotis	Greece Greece	3136
53		1987	Skachkov Kirill	Russia Russia	3086
54		1996	Yoshimura Kazuhiro	Japan Japan	3013
55	+8	1995	Ishiy Vitor	Brazil Brazil	3001
56	-1	1992	Sirucek Pavel	Czech Republic Czech Republic	2998
57	-1	1989	Ionescu Ovidiu	Romania Romania	2981
58	-1	1990	Drinkhall Paul	England England	2980
59	+6	1993	Aguirre Marcelo	Paraguay Paraguay	2977
60	-2	1986	Apolonia Tiago	Portugal Portugal	2954
61	-2	1987	Kou Lei	Ukraine Ukraine	2911
62	-2	1992	Diaw Ibrahima	Senegal Senegal	2907
63	-2	1997	Majoros Bence	Hungary Hungary	2833
64	-2	1981	Tokic Bojan	Slovenia Slovenia	2830
65	-1	1995	Dyjas Jakub	Poland Poland	2803
66		1991	Robles Alvaro	Spain Spain	2793
67		1997	Oikawa Mizuki	Japan Japan	2736
68		1984	Pistej Lubomir	Slovakia Slovakia	2721
69		1991	Alamiyan Noshad	Iran Iran	2715
70	+5	1998	Cifuentes Horacio	Argentina Argentina	2710
71	-1	1997	Lim Jonghoon	South Korea South Korea	2707
72	-1	1993	Yoshimura Maharu	Japan Japan	2694
73	-1	1993	Desai Harmeet	India India	2691
74	+7	1990	Mino Alberto	Ecuador Ecuador	2686
75	-2	1993	Nuytinck Cedric	Belgium Belgium	2683
76	-2	1991	Chen Chien-An	Taiwan Taiwan	2679
77	-1	2002	Moregard Truls	Sweden Sweden	2625
78	-1	1983	Monteiro Joao	Portugal Portugal	2611
79	-1	1991	Olah Benedek	Finland Finland	2611
80	-1	1986	Madrid Marcos	Mexico Mexico	2607
81	-1	1998	Cho Seungmin	South Korea South Korea	2601
82		1997	Akkuzu Can	France France	2586
83	+9	1994	Jouti Eric	Brazil Brazil	2527
84	+9	1997	Afanador Brian	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	2519
85	-2	1990	Shibaev Alexander	Russia Russia	2509
86	-2	1995	Geraldo Joao	Portugal Portugal	2501
87	-2	1987	Jancarik Lubomir	Czech Republic Czech Republic	2499
88	-2	1998	Lind Anders	Denmark Denmark	2497
89	-2	1996	Lam Siu Hang	Hong Kong Hong Kong	2490
90	-2	1997	Badowski Marek	Poland Poland	2475
91	-2	1995	Omotayo Olajide	Nigeria Nigeria	2466
92	-2	1981	Monteiro Thiago	Brazil Brazil	2448
93	-2	1991	Walther Ricardo	Germany Germany	2443
94		2000	Pletea Cristian	Romania Romania	2420
95		1988	Fegerl Stefan	Austria Austria	2406
96		1992	Kojic Frane	Croatia Croatia	2399
97	+4	1985	Alto Gaston	Argentina Argentina	2338
98	-1	1995	Walker Samuel	England England	2322
99	-1	1997	Ho Kwan Kit	Hong Kong Hong Kong	2316
100	-1	2001	Togami Shunsuke	Japan Japan	2299

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Current WTT Women’s World Table Tennis Ranking

Rank	Up/Down	YOB	Full name	Country	Rating
1		1994	Chen Meng	China China	13850
2		2000	Sun Yingsha	China China	11240
3		2000	Ito Mima	Japan Japan	11198
4		1999	Wang Manyu	China China	8733
5		1990	Ding Ning	China China	8070
6		1995	Zhu Yuling	China China	7335
7		1991	Liu Shiwen	China China	7245
8		1992	Cheng I-Ching	Taiwan Taiwan	7175
9		1993	Ishikawa Kasumi	Japan Japan	7100
10		1997	Wang Yidi	China China	7091
11		1986	Feng Tianwei	Singapore Singapore	6947
12		2000	Hirano Miu	Japan Japan	6507
13		1996	Doo Hoi Kem	Hong Kong Hong Kong	6476
14		1992	Jeon Jihee	South Korea South Korea	6414
15		1997	Chen Xingtong	China China	6222
16	+1	2000	Diaz Adriana	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	6169
17	-1	1994	Polcanova Sofia	Austria Austria	5781
18		2000	Hayata Hina	Japan Japan	5622
19		1994	Solja Petrissa	Germany Germany	5573
20		1997	Sato Hitomi	Japan Japan	5377
21		1983	Han Ying	Germany Germany	5299
22		1987	Suh Hyowon	South Korea South Korea	5104
23		1998	He Zhuojia	China China	4953
24		1995	Szocs Bernadette	Romania Romania	4731
25		1999	Kato Miyu	Japan Japan	4665
26		1993	Chen Szu-Yu	Taiwan Taiwan	4621
27		2000	Qian Tianyi	China China	4596
28		1994	Eerland Britt	Netherlands Netherlands	4505
29		1988	Yang Xiaoxin	Monaco Monaco	4471
30	+5	1996	Zhang Lily	USA USA	4324
31	-1	1991	Pesotska Margaryta	Ukraine Ukraine	4268
32	-1	1996	Mittelham Nina	Germany Germany	4261
33	-1	1989	Samara Elizabeta	Romania Romania	4256
34	-1	1998	Soo Wai Yam Minnie	Hong Kong Hong Kong	4203
35	-1	1989	Yu Mengyu	Singapore Singapore	4177
36		1994	Meshref Dina	Egypt Egypt	4089
37		1983	Shan Xiaona	Germany Germany	4012
38	+9	2000	Takahashi Bruna	Brazil Brazil	4002
39	-1	1994	Sawettabut Suthasini	Thailand Thailand	3980
40	-1	1989	Zhang Mo	Canada Canada	3957
41	-1	1963	Ni Xia Lian	Luxembourg Luxembourg	3941
42	-1	1990	Matelova Hana	Czech Republic Czech Republic	3929
43	-1	1997	Shibata Saki	Japan Japan	3920
44	-1	1990	Wu Yue	USA USA	3888
45	-1	1986	Li Qian	Poland Poland	3837
46	-1	1998	Hashimoto Honoka	Japan Japan	3708
47	-1	1978	Yu Fu	Portugal Portugal	3673
48		1986	Mikhailova Polina	Russia Russia	3647
49		1995	Gu Yuting	China China	3591
50		1992	Lee Ho Ching	Hong Kong Hong Kong	3556
51		2004	Kihara Miyuu	Japan Japan	3463
52		1985	Pota Georgina	Hungary Hungary	3455
53		1982	Ekholm Matilda	Sweden Sweden	3399
54		1992	Balazova Barbora	Slovakia Slovakia	3380
55		1994	Kim Song I	North Korea North Korea	3252
56		1995	Batra Manika	India India	3154
57		2002	Nagasaki Miyu	Japan Japan	3061
58		1994	Noskova Yana	Russia Russia	3052
59		1993	Cheng Hsien-Tzu	Taiwan Taiwan	3016
60		1994	Shao Jieni	Portugal Portugal	2945
61		1996	Lin Ye	Singapore Singapore	2914
62		1984	Li Jie	Netherlands Netherlands	2907
63		1998	Choi Hyojoo	South Korea South Korea	2851
64		1993	Madarasz Dora	Hungary Hungary	2833
65		1997	Zhang Rui	China China	2781
66		1985	Gaponova Ganna	Ukraine Ukraine	2777
67	+3	1996	Diaz Melanie	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	2773
68	-1	1996	Mori Sakura	Japan Japan	2732
69	-1	1999	Liu Weishan	China China	2693
70	-1	1994	Xiao Maria	Spain Spain	2689
71		2004	Shin Yubin	South Korea South Korea	2682
72		1994	Liu Fei	China China	2664
73		1996	Zeng Jian	Singapore Singapore	2642
74	+3	1984	Vega Paulina	Chile Chile	2594
75	-1	1995	Bergstrom Linda	Sweden Sweden	2568
76	-1	1993	Vivarelli Debora	Italy Italy	2562
77	-1	1994	Cha Hyo Sim	North Korea North Korea	2529
78		1997	Ando Minami	Japan Japan	2478
79		1992	De Nutte Sarah	Luxembourg Luxembourg	2473
80		1988	Pergel Szandra	Hungary Hungary	2412
81		1988	Dvorak Galia	Spain Spain	2370
82		1989	Partyka Natalia	Poland Poland	2351
83		1994	Yang Haeun	South Korea South Korea	2331
84		1990	Solja Amelie	Austria Austria	2324
85		1989	Moret Rachel	Switzerland Switzerland	2267
86		1987	Liu Hsing-Yin	Taiwan Taiwan	2248
87		1997	Paranang Orawan	Thailand Thailand	2227
88		1995	Helmy Yousra	Egypt Egypt	2226
89		1997	Zhu Chengzhu	Hong Kong Hong Kong	2192
90		1999	Sun Mingyang	China China	2187
91		1993	Gasnier Laura	France France	2178
92		1985	Yuan Jia Nan	France France	2175
93		2001	Tailakova Mariia	Russia Russia	2150
94		1997	Bajor Natalia	Poland Poland	2135
95		1999	Trigolos Daria	Belarus Belarus	2131
96		1982	Liu Jia	Austria Austria	2122
97		2005	Ojio Haruna	Japan Japan	2121
98		1998	Ho Tin-Tin	England England	2109
99		1992	Winter Sabine	Germany Germany	2097
100		1995	Mukherjee Sutirtha	India India	2083

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How the table tennis world ranking are calculated?

Although the official table tennis rankings calculated by ITTF (WTT) are not the most accurate, this ranking is the official one. In order to build a more dynamic, fair, and progressive system, WTT has implemented a new ranking structure. This framework will allow WTT to convey the tale of each season more clearly to its fans, media, and sponsors.

Each time, a player won the event, they have rewarded some points. These points are used to build the current world table tennis rankings. There is a point scale. The more important the event, the more points are given to the winners.

The ITTF Executive Committee has approved a new rankings structure for table tennis, which will include Grand Smash events at the top of the rankings. WTT events will benefit greatly from the new Table Tennis World Rankings, which honor the history and significance of ITTF competitions while also recognizing the contributions of WTT events.

Taking their place alongside Olympic Games and ITTF World Championships, Grand Smashes award a total of 2,000 points to their respective champions. Table tennis players’ world rankings will be heavily influenced by their performances at the Grand Smashes, which will be held four times a year on average.

Full Table Tennis World Ranking points for the winners of an event can be found here:

EVENT	RANKINGS POINTS
OLYMPICS	2000
GRAND SMASH Events	2000
WTTC	2000
WTT CUP FINALS	1500
ITTF WORLD CUP	1500
WTT CHAMPIONS	1000
WTT STAR CONTENDER	600
CONTINENTAL CUP	500
CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP	500
WTT CONTENDER	400
MULTI SPORT GAMES	100
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS	100
ITTF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP	75
WTT FUTURE STARS CUP	75
WTT YOUTH STAR CONTENDER	60
WTT YOUTH CONTENDER	20

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How the world table tennis ranking is used?

The ITTF World table tennis ranking is used officially to classify the seeding position of the players. Event entry is based on a player’s position in the rankings at the time of the entry deadline.

When it comes to seeding for an event, a player’s current ranking will be taken into consideration. Ranks are now published weekly, rather than monthly. Round-by-round rankings points will be awarded to players based on their performance. When a player progresses from qualifying to the main draw, he or she will gain rankings points for both qualification and the main draw.

For the first time, ranking points will expire after a year. So if the players are absent, their points are reduced. Count only the best of eight continental and international events (see above).

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Furthermore, the plan proposes several ranking efforts to support the ITTF and WTT’s objective to create a more player- and fan-friendly framework for the sport.

What do you think about the fairness of this ranking system?

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